Williams Luxury Soap...Woohoo!

[Topgumby]

I just finished a shave using some Beecham era Williams Luxury Soap.

No scent, other than soapiness, but that's to be expected from an old, unwrapped puck.

I had milled it and pressed it in a monkeypod bowl, and even though I'd shaved last night, couldn't resist giving the old soap a whirl.

My humble Tweezerman brush easily produced scads of creamy lather...this stuff should be re-classified as a dairy product, it's so creamy. I think this lather elevated my cholesterol level when I applied it. I'm pretty sure it could replace bacon fat as a substance for keeping cast iron skillets good and greasy.

Astounding how good widely available American soaps used to be. If you run across any of this stuff, don't hesitate based on a dislike of current Williams. Just get it, and stand by for some vintage awesomeness.

Williams Luxury is a first rate tallow bomb. I'll be saving this stuff for special occasions...If I can control my lust to use it again.

 

[DFrancis]

...this stuff should be re-classified as a dairy product, it's so creamy. I think this lather elevated my cholesterol level when I applied it. I'm pretty sure it could replace bacon fat as a substance for keeping cast iron skillets good and greasy.

I'm not sure what i want more now, a nice creamy shave or bacon.

 

[mblakele]

Sounds nice, Top.

Is that the same stuff as the Williams puck-pass (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=134391) or is it a different model? There are some pictures in the thread, for comparison: the first post has a shot of the unused puck.

 

[coolbluewater]

I've said it before - back in the day, whenever I went to the barber shop for a straight shave, they always used Williams.
Now you know why

It's because of those memories that I have become a devout anti-Williams member due to their current product, a shadow of its former self.

Glad you found the real stuff.

 

[Topgumby]

Mblakele,

Yep, that's the stuff.

Coolbluewater,

I've had the good fortune to become familiar with several versions of older, pre-Combe Williams, but this was my first time giving the Luxury version a go. It really is remarkable.

I'm under no illusion that current Williams is anything but inferior to the vintage product, and it appears that there are several different types and versions of "vintage Williams".

I can still get good results with the current product, but it ain't a patch on the original.

 

[Defcon5]

I'm not sure what i want more now, a nice creamy shave or bacon.

MB has that bacon-scented shaving soap... maybe that'll be in your ballpark. (I'm won't lie, I've shaved with the pot roast one.. and smelled like delicious gravy haha)

 

[ctakim]

snip...

Williams Luxury is a first rate tallow bomb. I'll be saving this stuff for special occasions...If I can control my lust to use it again.

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